Sadanori Tanaka a swordsmith for 18 years works on a sword in his forge in Komuro Chiba ken Japan

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Sadanori Tanaka a swordsmith for 18 years works on a sword in his forge in Komuro Chiba ken Japan Wednesday 27th May 2009 Tanaka san was working on the folding and re folding the block of steel which merges the areas of soft and hard metals prior to shaping the metal block into a sword length

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Location: Japan
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